EP2238937A1 - Tool for use with a bone anchor, in particular for spinal surgery - Google Patents

Tool for use with a bone anchor, in particular for spinal surgery Download PDF

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EP2238937A1
EP2238937A1 EP09005130A EP09005130A EP2238937A1 EP 2238937 A1 EP2238937 A1 EP 2238937A1 EP 09005130 A EP09005130 A EP 09005130A EP 09005130 A EP09005130 A EP 09005130A EP 2238937 A1 EP2238937 A1 EP 2238937A1
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bone anchor
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Lutz Biedermann
Wilfried Matthis
Michael Kegel
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Biedermann Technologies GmbH and Co KG
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Priority to EP11155454.9A priority patent/EP2335629B1/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61B17/58—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws, setting implements or the like
    • A61B17/68—Internal fixation devices, including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a part thereof projects from the skin
    • A61B17/70—Spinal positioners or stabilisers ; Bone stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant
    • A61B17/7074—Tools specially adapted for spinal fixation operations other than for bone removal or filler handling
    • A61B17/7091—Tools specially adapted for spinal fixation operations other than for bone removal or filler handling for applying, tightening or removing longitudinal element-to-bone anchor locking elements, e.g. caps, set screws, nuts or wedges
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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    • A61B17/56—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
    • A61B17/58—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws, setting implements or the like
    • A61B17/68—Internal fixation devices, including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a part thereof projects from the skin
    • A61B17/70—Spinal positioners or stabilisers ; Bone stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant
    • A61B17/7074—Tools specially adapted for spinal fixation operations other than for bone removal or filler handling
    • A61B17/7076—Tools specially adapted for spinal fixation operations other than for bone removal or filler handling for driving, positioning or assembling spinal clamps or bone anchors specially adapted for spinal fixation
    • A61B17/7082—Tools specially adapted for spinal fixation operations other than for bone removal or filler handling for driving, positioning or assembling spinal clamps or bone anchors specially adapted for spinal fixation for driving, i.e. rotating, screws or screw parts specially adapted for spinal fixation, e.g. for driving polyaxial or tulip-headed screws
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/56—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
    • A61B17/58—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws, setting implements or the like
    • A61B17/88—Osteosynthesis instruments; Methods or means for implanting or extracting internal or external fixation devices
    • A61B17/8875—Screwdrivers, spanners or wrenches
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/03—Automatic limiting or abutting means, e.g. for safety
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/06—Measuring instruments not otherwise provided for
    • A61B2090/064—Measuring instruments not otherwise provided for for measuring force, pressure or mechanical tension
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B17/00—Hand-driven gear-operated wrenches or screwdrivers

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  • the invention relates to a tool for use with a bone anchor, wherein the bone anchor has an anchoring section and a receiving part for receiving a rod to be connected to the anchoring section and a locking element.
  • the tool is particularly applicable in spinal surgery, for example for the fixation of a rod to pedicle screws.
  • a known tool 100 is shown in Fig. 17 and 18 in connection with polyaxial screws 101, 102 which are connected via a rod 103.
  • the tool 100 comprises a counter-holding portion 104 with a handle 105 and a screw driver portion 106 which is rotatable with respect to the counter-holding portion 104 and which also comprises a handle 107.
  • the screw driver portion 106 has a tip portion (not shown) which engages a locking screw 108 of the polyaxial screw for fixation of the rod 103 within the receiving part 109.
  • the counter-holding portion 104 engages the receiving part 109 and holds the receiving part during tightening of the locking screw 108.
  • the tightening torque which is necessary for finally tightening the locking screw 108 typically is in the range of approximately 7 to 15 Nm.
  • the counter-holding portion is advantageous in particular for counter-holding such high tightening torques.
  • the known tool since the counter-holding portion acts at least partially onto the rod, the known tool is not suitable for flexible rods, for example for rods made of an elastomer material such as PCU, since the loads would lead to deformations which may damage the rod. Further, the sensitive handling with two hands is difficult when applying high tightening torques.
  • a tool which has a counter-holding portion which engages the receiving portion of a bone anchor in a positive fit manner is known from EP 1 726 264 .
  • the tool has the advantage that the tightening torque which has to be applied manually by the surgeon is considerably reduced. Therefore, the manually applied fastening torque is small and tightening of the locking screw can be performed smoothly.
  • the tip portion of the screw driver portion of the tool may be exchangeable. Therefore, a suitable tip portion can be selected and the tool can be used for different kinds of locking elements.
  • the applied fastening torque may be limited by either observing a display indicating the applied torque and manually stopping the application of torque or by using a preset torque adapter which can be mounted together with the gear unit.
  • the tool comprises a screw driver portion which includes a drive shaft 1 as schematically shown by the dashed live in Fig. 1 and a driven shaft 2 as shown in Fig. 3 .
  • the drive shaft 1 has a handle 3 at its free end projecting outside a housing 4.
  • the drive shaft 1 and the driven shaft 2 enclose an angle of 90° and are connected by a reduction gear unit 5 which will be explained more in detail below.
  • the tool further comprises a counter-holding portion 6 which is fixedly connected to the housing 4 so that the drive shaft 2 is rotatable with respect to the counter-holding portion 6.
  • the housing 4 At its free end opposite to the counter-holding portion 6 the housing 4 comprises a handle 7 for holding the tool.
  • the tool further has a display member 8 which may include visual marks 9 for indicating the applied torque.
  • the driven shaft 2 has, as can be seen in Fig. 3, 4 , 6 and 7 a tip portion 20 with an engagement portion 21 for engagement with a locking element of a bone anchor.
  • a locking element can be, for example, a set screw 108 (shown in Fig. 16 ) of a receiving part 109 of a polyaxial bone screw.
  • the engagement portion 21 can have a hexagon shape or a flathead, crosshead, square, hexsocket or torx shape or any other shape adapted to the respective engagement portion of the locking element.
  • the tip portion is connected via a plug connection member 22 to a main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft 2.
  • the main shaft portion 23 has at its end facing the tip portion 20 a section 24 with an enlarged outer diameter and a recess for inserting the plug connection member 22.
  • the tip portion has at its end facing the main shaft portion a recess for inserting a portion of the plug connection member 22.
  • the plug connection member 22 can have a resilient portion 25 which allows the releasable holding of the tip portion 20 in the main shaft portion 23.
  • the tip portion 20 and the main shaft portion 23 are connected in a positive fit manner, such as, for example, shown in Fig. 7 by means of circumferentially projecting portions 26 which engage in circumferentially arranged recesses 27 at the corresponding other part, respectively.
  • a plurality of tip portions 20 may be provided with different engagement portions 21 which can be interchangeably connected to the main shaft portion 23.
  • the main shaft portion 23 comprises an engagement portion 28 to be connected with the gear unit 5.
  • the gear unit 5 includes a worm drive having a worm 51 connected to the drive shaft 1 and a worm wheel 52.
  • the worm wheel 52 also is provided with an engagement portion 53 to be engaged with the engagement portion 28 of the main shaft portion 23.
  • the gear transmission ratio is for the application in spinal surgery around 3:1 or 10:1.
  • the worm drive is advantageous to transmit higher torques.
  • a common advantage of a worm drive is that the direction of transmission from the drive shaft to the driven shaft is not reversible. In surgery this has the advantage that the final tightening of the locking element can be performed exactly.
  • the display member 8 comprises a tube portion 81 which is fixed at its lower end to the main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft 2 so that it rotates with the driven shaft 2.
  • the display member 8 At its end facing away from the tip portion 20 the display member 8 comprises a lower ring-shaped portion 82 with an enlarged diameter which carries a first visual mark 9a at its outer side.
  • the visual mark 9a can be of any type including bars, engravings etc. It serves for indicating a predefined tightening torque.
  • the display member 8 further comprises an upper ring-shaped portion 83 which is connected to the worm wheel 52 and therefore to the main shaft portion 23.
  • the lower ring-shaped portion 82 and the upper ring shaped portion are rotatable against each other. Between the two ring-shaped portions, a ring shaped plate member for facilitating gliding may be provided.
  • the upper and lower ring-shaped portions have second visual marks 9b which indicate zero position.
  • the housing 4 comprises a recess 41 to allow inspection of the visual marks indicating the applied torque.
  • the handle 7 may be fixedly attached to the housing 4, for example by screwing as shown in Fig. 13 .
  • the housing 4 further has on its end opposite to the handle 7 a projection with fixation means, for example of the type of a thread, to connect the housing 4 to the counter-holding portion 6.
  • the counter-holding portion 6 has on its end facing the housing connection means 61 for connecting it fixedly to the housing 4.
  • the counter-holding portion 6 further includes a main tube portion 62 shown in Fig. 3 the diameter of which is such that the driven shaft 2 and the tube portion 81 can be arranged and freely rotate therein.
  • the counter-holding portion comprises an end section 63 as shown in Fig. 3 and 5 which is hollow so that the tip portion 20 extends through the end section 63.
  • the end section 63 has at its free end an engagement portion 64 engaging the receiving part 109 of the bone anchor.
  • the engagement section 64 has a square or rectangular inner contour which is adapted to the outer contour of the receiving portion 109.
  • the receiving portion 109 has two opposed flat outer surfaces 110 as shown for example in Fig. 5 and the engagement section 64 has corresponding inner flat surfaces 65 as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 .
  • the engagement portion 64 has on the other two sides two recesses 66 where the rod 103 can be guided through.
  • the end section 63 further has on the side which includes the flat surfaces two recesses 67 which allow visualisation of the inserted tip portion 20.
  • the end section is fixedly connected to the end tube portion 62.
  • it can also be releasably attached thereto so as to allow fixation of different end section 63 with engagement portion 64 adapted to the shape and size of the receiving part.
  • the engagement portion 64 can have any shape which provides for a positive fit connection with the receiving part 109 without acting onto the rod 103.
  • FIG. 14a schematically shows bone anchor which is in this example a polyaxial bone screw 101 comprising a receiving part 109 and set screw 108 for fixation of the rod (not shown) in the receiving part.
  • the bone anchor 101 is inserted into the bone, then the rod 103 and thereafter the set screw 108 is inserted.
  • the counter-holding portion 6 is fixed with the engagement portion 64 at the receiving part as shown in Fig. 14b ).
  • the driven shaft including the tip portion 20 is inserted.
  • the housing 4 with the reduction gear unit and the handles is mounted.
  • the upper ring-shaped portion 83 rotates with respect to the lower ring-shaped portion 82 while the main shaft portion is twisted.
  • a predefined tightening torque is applied. Because of the gear unit, final tightening of the set screw is possible with low tightening torque to be manually applied.
  • the tool may be preassembled or assembled before or during surgery.
  • the visual mark 9a can be applied when calibrating the tool.
  • the angle of 90° between drive shaft and driven shaft provides a convenient handling.
  • the torque flow is such that the torque is transmitted from the driven shaft to the set screw and are redirected by the end section 63 of the counter-holding portion. Therefore, no forces are conducted via the rod back to the receiving portion which could loosen the anchoring section in the bone.
  • the upper portion of a further embodiment of the tool is shown in Figs. 15 and 16 .
  • the tool differs from the tool of the previous embodiment in that a preset torque adapter 90 is provided which limits the applicable torque to a specific predefined value.
  • the preset torque adapter 90 is arranged in a housing 4' which can be releasably connected to the main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft.
  • the preset torque adapter 90 has a shaft portion 91 which can be coupled to the main shaft portion 23 to transfer the torque.
  • the preset torque adapter further has recess 92 on the side opposite to the shaft portion 91 in which a shaft 53' engages which is fixidly connected to the worm wheel 52 of the gear unit 5.
  • the recess 92 may be square recess, hexagon recess or any other recess by means of which torque can be transferred from the shaft portion 53' to the torque adapter 90.
  • the torque adapter 90 has in its interior a clutch mechanism (not shown) which has a defined release torque.
  • the clutch mechanism can be slipping clutch. If the applied torque exceeds the predefmed torque the torque is no longer transferred from the shaft portion 53' via the torque adapter to the main shaft portion 23.
  • the housing 4' also contains the gear unit 5. It may be closed by a closure 45 with our without an additional handle. Further, the housing 4' can be connected to the counter-holding portion 6 via a screw or a press-fit or any other connection 46. The whole unit including the gear unit and the torque adapter can be selectively connected instead of the housing with the gear unit and the display unit according to the previous embodiment.
  • the gear unit needs not to be a worm drive, it could also be realized by a planetary gear unit, in particular with coaxial drive shaft and driven shaft. Any other reduction gear unit may be used also.
  • the counter-holding portion and the tip portion may be exchanged such that the counter holding portion is at the center and the tip portion of the screw driver is surrounding it.
  • the counter-holding portion and the tip portion can be adapted in their shape to various shapes of receiving portions and locking elements.

Abstract

A tool is provided for use with a bone anchor, wherein the bone anchor has an anchoring section and a receiving part (109) for receiving a rod (103)to be connected to the anchoring section and a locking element (108), the tool comprising a tip portion (20) for engaging the locking element, a mechanism to apply torque to the tip portion, a counter-holding portion (6) for engaging the receiving part, wherein the tip portion is rotatable with respect to the counter-holding portion, characterized in that the mechanism to apply torque comprises a gear unit (5).

Description

  • The invention relates to a tool for use with a bone anchor, wherein the bone anchor has an anchoring section and a receiving part for receiving a rod to be connected to the anchoring section and a locking element. The tool is particularly applicable in spinal surgery, for example for the fixation of a rod to pedicle screws.
  • A known tool 100 is shown in Fig. 17 and 18 in connection with polyaxial screws 101, 102 which are connected via a rod 103. The tool 100 comprises a counter-holding portion 104 with a handle 105 and a screw driver portion 106 which is rotatable with respect to the counter-holding portion 104 and which also comprises a handle 107. The screw driver portion 106 has a tip portion (not shown) which engages a locking screw 108 of the polyaxial screw for fixation of the rod 103 within the receiving part 109. The counter-holding portion 104 engages the receiving part 109 and holds the receiving part during tightening of the locking screw 108. The tightening torque which is necessary for finally tightening the locking screw 108 typically is in the range of approximately 7 to 15 Nm. The counter-holding portion is advantageous in particular for counter-holding such high tightening torques. However, since the counter-holding portion acts at least partially onto the rod, the known tool is not suitable for flexible rods, for example for rods made of an elastomer material such as PCU, since the loads would lead to deformations which may damage the rod. Further, the sensitive handling with two hands is difficult when applying high tightening torques.
  • A tool which has a counter-holding portion which engages the receiving portion of a bone anchor in a positive fit manner is known from EP 1 726 264 .
  • It is an object of the invention to provide a tool for use with a bone anchor of the above described type where loads acting onto the bone anchor and therefore onto the bone are reduced and which allows for a facilitated handling.
  • The object is solved by a tool according to claim 1. Further developments are given in the dependent claims.
  • The tool has the advantage that the tightening torque which has to be applied manually by the surgeon is considerably reduced. Therefore, the manually applied fastening torque is small and tightening of the locking screw can be performed smoothly.
  • The flow of forces is restricted to the locking element and the tool which implies that the force applied during final tightening is transferred directly from the locking element through the receiving member to the counter holding portion. This results in an unloaded rod element. In addition, the tightening load is not transferred into the bone by the bone anchor.
  • The tip portion of the screw driver portion of the tool may be exchangeable. Therefore, a suitable tip portion can be selected and the tool can be used for different kinds of locking elements.
  • The applied fastening torque may be limited by either observing a display indicating the applied torque and manually stopping the application of torque or by using a preset torque adapter which can be mounted together with the gear unit.
  • Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent by the description of embodiments by means of the accompanying drawings.
  • In the drawings:
    • Fig. 1
    shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the tool.
    Fig. 2
    shows an enlarged portion of Fig. 1.
    Fig. 3
    shows a perspective exploded view of the tool.
    Fig. 4
    shows an enlarged portion of Fig. 3 with arrows indicating the torque flow.
    Fig. 5
    shows a further enlarged portion of Fig. 3 with arrows showing the torque flow.
    Fig. 6
    shows a sectional view of the lower portion of the driven shaft of the tool.
    Fig. 7
    shows a side view of the lower portion of the driven shaft according to Fig. 6
    Fig. 8
    shows a sectional view of the lower-portion of the counter-holding por- tion of the tool.
    Fig. 9
    shows a side view of the counter-holding portion according to Fig. 8.
    Fig. 10
    shows an enlarged perspective view of the upper portion of the tool.
    Fig. 11
    shows an exploded perspective view of the upper portion of the tool in- cluding the drive shaft.
    Fig. 12
    shows a plan view of the tool.
    Fig. 13
    shows a sectional view of the upper portion of the tool.
    Fig. 14a)-d)
    shows steps of assembling and applying the tool.
    Fig. 15
    shows a schematic side view of the upper portion of a further embodi- ment of the tool.
    Fig. 16
    shows a schematic sectional view of the further embodiment shown in Fig. 15.
    Fig. 17
    shows a perspective view of a known tool.
    Fig. 18
    shows an enlarged portion of Fig. 16.
  • With reference to Fig. 1 to 5 the tool according to one embodiment comprises a screw driver portion which includes a drive shaft 1 as schematically shown by the dashed live in Fig. 1 and a driven shaft 2 as shown in Fig. 3. The drive shaft 1 has a handle 3 at its free end projecting outside a housing 4. The drive shaft 1 and the driven shaft 2 enclose an angle of 90° and are connected by a reduction gear unit 5 which will be explained more in detail below.
  • The tool further comprises a counter-holding portion 6 which is fixedly connected to the housing 4 so that the drive shaft 2 is rotatable with respect to the counter-holding portion 6. At its free end opposite to the counter-holding portion 6 the housing 4 comprises a handle 7 for holding the tool.
  • The tool further has a display member 8 which may include visual marks 9 for indicating the applied torque. The driven shaft 2 has, as can be seen in Fig. 3, 4, 6 and 7 a tip portion 20 with an engagement portion 21 for engagement with a locking element of a bone anchor. Such a locking element can be, for example, a set screw 108 (shown in Fig. 16) of a receiving part 109 of a polyaxial bone screw. The engagement portion 21 can have a hexagon shape or a flathead, crosshead, square, hexsocket or torx shape or any other shape adapted to the respective engagement portion of the locking element. The tip portion is connected via a plug connection member 22 to a main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft 2. The main shaft portion 23 has at its end facing the tip portion 20 a section 24 with an enlarged outer diameter and a recess for inserting the plug connection member 22. The tip portion has at its end facing the main shaft portion a recess for inserting a portion of the plug connection member 22. The plug connection member 22 can have a resilient portion 25 which allows the releasable holding of the tip portion 20 in the main shaft portion 23. Further, the tip portion 20 and the main shaft portion 23 are connected in a positive fit manner, such as, for example, shown in Fig. 7 by means of circumferentially projecting portions 26 which engage in circumferentially arranged recesses 27 at the corresponding other part, respectively.
  • A plurality of tip portions 20 may be provided with different engagement portions 21 which can be interchangeably connected to the main shaft portion 23. By means of the plug connection the exchange of the tip portion can be easily made by hand. At its end facing the gear unit 5 the main shaft portion 23 comprises an engagement portion 28 to be connected with the gear unit 5.
  • The drive shaft 1 and the reduction gear unit are now explained with particular reference to Fig. 10 to 13. In the embodiment shown the gear unit 5 includes a worm drive having a worm 51 connected to the drive shaft 1 and a worm wheel 52. The worm wheel 52 also is provided with an engagement portion 53 to be engaged with the engagement portion 28 of the main shaft portion 23. The gear transmission ratio is for the application in spinal surgery around 3:1 or 10:1. The worm drive is advantageous to transmit higher torques. A common advantage of a worm drive is that the direction of transmission from the drive shaft to the driven shaft is not reversible. In surgery this has the advantage that the final tightening of the locking element can be performed exactly.
  • As shown in Fig. 3 and 6 to 7, the display member 8 comprises a tube portion 81 which is fixed at its lower end to the main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft 2 so that it rotates with the driven shaft 2. At its end facing away from the tip portion 20 the display member 8 comprises a lower ring-shaped portion 82 with an enlarged diameter which carries a first visual mark 9a at its outer side. The visual mark 9a can be of any type including bars, engravings etc. It serves for indicating a predefined tightening torque. The display member 8 further comprises an upper ring-shaped portion 83 which is connected to the worm wheel 52 and therefore to the main shaft portion 23. The lower ring-shaped portion 82 and the upper ring shaped portion are rotatable against each other. Between the two ring-shaped portions, a ring shaped plate member for facilitating gliding may be provided. The upper and lower ring-shaped portions have second visual marks 9b which indicate zero position.
  • As can be seen in Fig. 10 and 13, the housing 4 comprises a recess 41 to allow inspection of the visual marks indicating the applied torque.
  • The handle 7 may be fixedly attached to the housing 4, for example by screwing as shown in Fig. 13. The housing 4 further has on its end opposite to the handle 7 a projection with fixation means, for example of the type of a thread, to connect the housing 4 to the counter-holding portion 6. The counter-holding portion 6 has on its end facing the housing connection means 61 for connecting it fixedly to the housing 4. The counter-holding portion 6 further includes a main tube portion 62 shown in Fig. 3 the diameter of which is such that the driven shaft 2 and the tube portion 81 can be arranged and freely rotate therein. Further, the counter-holding portion comprises an end section 63 as shown in Fig. 3 and 5 which is hollow so that the tip portion 20 extends through the end section 63. The end section 63 has at its free end an engagement portion 64 engaging the receiving part 109 of the bone anchor. The engagement section 64 has a square or rectangular inner contour which is adapted to the outer contour of the receiving portion 109. In the embodiment shown the receiving portion 109 has two opposed flat outer surfaces 110 as shown for example in Fig. 5 and the engagement section 64 has corresponding inner flat surfaces 65 as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. In addition, the engagement portion 64 has on the other two sides two recesses 66 where the rod 103 can be guided through. The end section 63 further has on the side which includes the flat surfaces two recesses 67 which allow visualisation of the inserted tip portion 20.
  • In the embodiment shown, the end section is fixedly connected to the end tube portion 62. However, it can also be releasably attached thereto so as to allow fixation of different end section 63 with engagement portion 64 adapted to the shape and size of the receiving part. Hence, the engagement portion 64 can have any shape which provides for a positive fit connection with the receiving part 109 without acting onto the rod 103.
  • Use of the tool is now explained with reference to Fig. 14a) to d). Fig. 14a) schematically shows bone anchor which is in this example a polyaxial bone screw 101 comprising a receiving part 109 and set screw 108 for fixation of the rod (not shown) in the receiving part. The bone anchor 101 is inserted into the bone, then the rod 103 and thereafter the set screw 108 is inserted. Then, the counter-holding portion 6 is fixed with the engagement portion 64 at the receiving part as shown in Fig. 14b). Thereafter, as shown in Fig. 14c) the driven shaft including the tip portion 20 is inserted. Next, as shown in Fig. 14d) the housing 4 with the reduction gear unit and the handles is mounted. In this condition, by rotating the drive shaft by means of the handle 3 the set screw is screwed in. When the set screw 108 abuts the rod and is blocked thereby and the drive shaft 1 is further rotated, the main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft 2 becomes twisted by the torque which is introduced by the worm wheel 25 via the engagement portions 53, 28. The upper ring-shaped portion 83 which is fixedly connected to the upper end of the main shaft portion 23 is rotated by the worm wheel 52 as long as the handle 3 is rotated by the surgeon. The lower ring-shaped portion 82 is connected with the lower end of the main shaft portion via the tube portion 81. Thus, the ring-shaped portion 82 is not rotated any more when the set screw 108 is blocked. Hence, the upper ring-shaped portion 83 rotates with respect to the lower ring-shaped portion 82 while the main shaft portion is twisted. By rotating the handle 3 until the upper visual mark 9b is aligned with the lower visual mark 9a a predefined tightening torque is applied. Because of the gear unit, final tightening of the set screw is possible with low tightening torque to be manually applied.
    The tool may be preassembled or assembled before or during surgery.
  • The visual mark 9a can be applied when calibrating the tool.
  • The angle of 90° between drive shaft and driven shaft provides a convenient handling.
  • As shown in Fig. 4 and 5 the torque flow is such that the torque is transmitted from the driven shaft to the set screw and are redirected by the end section 63 of the counter-holding portion. Therefore, no forces are conducted via the rod back to the receiving portion which could loosen the anchoring section in the bone.
  • The upper portion of a further embodiment of the tool is shown in Figs. 15 and 16. The tool differs from the tool of the previous embodiment in that a preset torque adapter 90 is provided which limits the applicable torque to a specific predefined value. The preset torque adapter 90 is arranged in a housing 4' which can be releasably connected to the main shaft portion 23 of the driven shaft. The preset torque adapter 90 has a shaft portion 91 which can be coupled to the main shaft portion 23 to transfer the torque. The preset torque adapter further has recess 92 on the side opposite to the shaft portion 91 in which a shaft 53' engages which is fixidly connected to the worm wheel 52 of the gear unit 5. The recess 92 may be square recess, hexagon recess or any other recess by means of which torque can be transferred from the shaft portion 53' to the torque adapter 90. The torque adapter 90 has in its interior a clutch mechanism (not shown) which has a defined release torque. For example, the clutch mechanism can be slipping clutch. If the applied torque exceeds the predefmed torque the torque is no longer transferred from the shaft portion 53' via the torque adapter to the main shaft portion 23.
  • As shown in the Figures, the housing 4' also contains the gear unit 5. It may be closed by a closure 45 with our without an additional handle. Further, the housing 4' can be connected to the counter-holding portion 6 via a screw or a press-fit or any other connection 46. The whole unit including the gear unit and the torque adapter can be selectively connected instead of the housing with the gear unit and the display unit according to the previous embodiment.
  • Various modifications of the tool are conceivable. The gear unit needs not to be a worm drive, it could also be realized by a planetary gear unit, in particular with coaxial drive shaft and driven shaft. Any other reduction gear unit may be used also.
  • The counter-holding portion and the tip portion may be exchanged such that the counter holding portion is at the center and the tip portion of the screw driver is surrounding it.
  • The counter-holding portion and the tip portion can be adapted in their shape to various shapes of receiving portions and locking elements.

Claims (16)

  1. Tool for use with a bone anchor,
    the tool comprising
    a tip portion (20) for engaging a locking element (108) of the bone anchor,
    a mechanism (1, 2) to apply torque to the tip portion (20),
    a counter-holding portion (6), wherein the tip portion (20) is rotatable with respect to the counter holding portion (6),
    characterized in that the mechanism to apply torque comprises a gear unit (5).
  2. The tool of claim 1, wherein the gear unit (5) is a reduction gear unit.
  3. The tool of claim 2, wherein the gear reduction is in the range of approximately 3:1 to 10:1.
  4. The tool of one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gear unit (5) comprises a bevel gear.
  5. The tool of one of claims 1 to 4, wherein gear unit (5) comprises a worm drive.
  6. The tool of one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gear unit comprises a planetary drive.
  7. The tool of one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the tip portion (20) is releasably connected to a driven shaft of the gear unit (5).
  8. The tool of claim 7, wherein a plurality of tip portions (20) is provided which can be interchangeably connected to the driven shaft.
  9. The tool of one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the drive shaft (1) of the gear unit (5) comprises a handle (3).
  10. The tool of one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the counter-holding portion comprises an engagement portion (64) for engagement with the receiving part (109) which is constructed so as to provide a positive fit connection.
  11. The tool of Claim 10, wherein the engagement portion (64) has two opposite flat surfaces (65).
  12. The tool of one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a display member (8) for indicating the value of the applied torque.
  13. The tool of claim 12, wherein the mechanism (2) comprises a twistable element (23) and the display member (8) indicates a twisting thereof.
  14. The tool of claim 13, wherein display member (8) comprises a first portion (82), which is connected to a first end of the twistable element (23) and a second portion (83) which is connected to a second end of the twistable element and wherein the first portion (82) and the second portion (83) are rotatable against each other when the twistable element (23) is twisted.
  15. The tool of one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the mechanism (2) comprises a preset torque adapter which can be selectively connected to the tip portion (20).
  16. A kit with a bone anchor comprising an anchoring section to be anchored in the bone and a receiving part (109) for receiving a rod (103) and a locking element (108) cooperating with the receiving part and a tool according to one of claims 1 to 15.
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